The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-06-11
MISCELLANEOUS,

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who just went OUT Druggist-"Yes;
he chews more gum than any two girls
in this town."
Many timid little girls will be glad
to hear that Prof. Carl Braun, of Bates
College, says that the devils darning
needle" has no sting at all, but he eats
millions of mosquitoes.
Even snakes have their uses. In
California they destroy gophers and
ground squirrels, and the local papers
express the opinion that some varieties
of snakes ought to be protected by law.
The invention of the war cycle, a
velocipede that carries ten soldiers, is
considered so valuable in England that
they are to build one for twenty-six
men, thirteen to work the cycle and
thirteen to ride.-N Y Sun.
Joseph Prick, of Erie, Pa, while
driving balky horse the other day
tried to encourage the animal by punch
ing it with the breech of his gun. The
gun was discharged, blowing Frick' s
arm off.
At a fire alarm in Birmingham,
Ala, the hook and ladder truck was
driven out, and after going around sew
eral blocks the driver returned to the
station house and asked Treasurer
Evans where the fire was.
MY DEAR" said Mrs. Lilton to her
husband, "why do they so often put
appraiser after an auctioneer's
name?' Because, madam, an auc q.
tioneer is a praiser of the goods he
sells. Golden Rule.
Little Dot-"Mamma, can't I 90
over to see Lucy to-day?" Mamma
you must not go anywhere near
Lucy. She has the measles" "Well,
isn't 'fraid of measles Can't go!"
eff you should take the measles
perhaps your dollie might get them"
"Oh! didn't fink of that. Chicago
Tribune.
"A Paris cabman who committed
suicide the other day left the following
explanatory note: Il leave this world
because it pleases me to do so. l have
had enough of driving other people
about in this world. am going to see
if in the other world people drive diff
ferently. All ask is that no fuss may
be made about me. "-Chjcaq0 Herald
The inspection of meat in Berlin is
a very important matter. Twelve vet
Urinary surgeons are employed to stamp
it before slaughter, and forty micro
scopic samplers are continually en-
gagged in examining the meat exposed
for sale. Besides these 100 experts are
employed in various duties, twenty-six
of whom are women. - PhilGdeiphiH
Press.
"A Detroit paper says: "The steal
ING of two clocks from one of the Pres
byterian churches in this city last Sun
day morning was 4 piece of cold-blood-
ed cruelty. The amount of comfort and
encouragement some people derive
from an occasional glance at the clock
during a service is not to be put in fig
ures, unless one uses the Roman fig
ures usually seen on the dial.-CIriS-
tan Union.
"A INV use III lIlC UODuNCO pltul
has been discovered. Its stems and
waste, it is claimed, are equal to linen
rags in the manufacture of paper. To-
bacco waste costs less than $40 ton,
linen rags $40 to $50. There is no ex-
pensc in asserting the former and very
little shrinkage, as against loss of
one-third of rags. The yearly tobacco
waste is estimated by the census reports
az from 100000 to 100000 pounds.
Christian Union.
"A shrewd piece of swindling is re-
ported by the French papers as having
occurred at the races. Two men, APP
parently of the book-maker profession,
had managed to pocket several hun
drcd francs on betting, when an official
looking person caused them to be taken
and led off the ground, to the evident
regret of the bystanders. 1t was not
long, however, before it was found out
that the pseudo policemen were in
league with their supposed victims and
had only disappeared to divide the easy
haul with them.
DR.. Chudnowski recently expert
mented on twelve Russian soldiers with
view to discovering the effect of cold
applications to the epigastrium on the
rapidity of digestion. Each soldier
RECALLED heartily; his epigastrium was
properly refrigerated, and the exciting
contest began. Unfortunately fol
lovers of the weed, the competitors
were divided into smokers and non
smokers. The rival teams digested
their very hardest, but the non-smoker
out-distanced the others by the space Of
one hour
The assertion that the sting of the
scorpion is not fatal to the animal Itself
is confirmed by Prof G. Lloyd Morgan,
of University College, Bristol, who on
one occasion pierced large Cape scor.
pion with its own sting in three places.
The only apparent effect was to render
the scorpion torpid and sluggish for q
while. According to the same observer
there is Il well-known venomous snake
of the cobra family found in South AT
Moo ,vhoca ,,oicop is harmless IN itSnl